Kids Crafts

Playing with our children doesn’t have to be all about toys and store brought craft materials. There are so many items that we use around the house that can be incorporated into play. Things that are considered as ‘junk’, we can recycle for our children to play and craft with it. When you have little children in the household, entertaining them…

Do you have a two year old who is interested in learning the Alphabets? Our Ticklebum has been interested in learning the alphabets for quite sometime now. We are always trying fun ways to teach letter recognition but the best and favourite of all is the Fill The Alphabet Toddler game. The reason we call it a toddler…

I made a new bookmark a few days ago. It is made from last year’s calendar! Isn’t that a fantastic way to reuse old calendars? You can make any shape you like. Just cut them into long strips or with a lace at the end if you like and you have a super simple but pretty…

What do you do when kids get bored on a lazy afternoon? We had some really interesting things to do the past few days. Here are our 5 boredom busters from this past week. There has been cooking with kids when the little ones joined in to make some Egg Puffs. There has been water…

We have a DIY toy to share with you today. A car made from material that we usually throw away. It is one little boy’s creativity along with a lesson in positive parenting. Here is a showcase of how a little encouragement and opportunity goes a long way in building a child’s confidence. My son made a racer…

There is so much fun in letting kids be just themselves. My two year old daughter wanted to paint today. She said she wanted to stamp and paint. ‘Okee dokee!’, Mommy said. How about painting with a toothbrush and stamping with pen caps? I got out some paper and some paints and let her at…

Did you grow up cutting papers to make designs? Doilies… snowflakes… ornaments… Did you know that you can learn so much mathematics from those snowflakes? Symmetry, for one. I gave wings to my son’s imagination last week. Here is what we came up with: 1. There are so many ways to fold the paper. He only…

We are in India on a vacation. It was an unplanned decision and we got here in an emergency when my father in law passed away. The schools had just started and we had just begun to homeschool our two year old Rumi when we had to pack up and leave. Due to the emergency,…

Do you have a baby or a toddler you need sensory activities for? I am sharing our favorite baby safe finger paint recipe. It is good for finger painting with toddlers or with older children who like to put things in their mouth. We needed finger paint for our toddler. After all the play dough recipes my…